Improv To Benefit Mabrey Family

‘THE POE SHOW’ READING CANCELED

(Courtesy Photo: M. Taylor Long) Sean Phillip Mabrey, bottom left, appeared in the 2010 TheatreSquared production of "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)" with fellow cast members Jordan Haynes and Jim Goza. Mabrey died Sunday in a car accident on Interstate 40.

TheatreSquared has canceled the staged reading of “The Poe Show” for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 following the death of performer Sean Phillip Mabrey.

Mabrey died Sunday as the result of a vehicular accident on Interstate 40. He had appeared in TheatreSquared’s 2010 Arkansas New Play Fest and the production of “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some).”

In a news release, TheatreSquared, Dan’s Party, and Phunbags Comedy Improv said ticket sales from the Improv Showcase at 9 p.m. Saturday will benefit Mabrey’s family. He was a founding member of Dan’s Party. Tickets for the showcase are $10.

The Poe Show” tickets can be exchanged for any T2 New Play Fest event. Contact the Walton Arts Center box office at 443-5600 or www.waltonartscenter.org.